Improved whip-socket



.e. H. GREGORY.

Whip Socket.

No. 89.576; Patented May 4, 18619 N PETERS. Plmlolithugmphr, Wanhinglon. B, C.

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GEORGE GREGORY, OF NORTH WILTON, CONNECTICUT.

Letters Patent No. 89,576, dated May 4, 1869.

IMPROVED WHIP-SOCKET.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Gnonen H. Gnuconv, of th town of North \Vilton, county of Fairfield, and Stat of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Im provement in the Construction of Safety Whip-Sockets and I do hereby declare that the tbllowing is a full and accompanying drawing, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my im'ention consists in the arrangement of a whip-socket to be attached to thedash-boerd of a carriage, so that the whip shall be securely held when not in use.

v To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the same.

The (lrawing Figure 1 is a sectional view of the socket when the whip is in use and not fastened. V Figure 2 is a sectional view of the socket wlierrthe whip is securely fastened.

\ Figure 3 is a side view of the socket when attached to the dash-board.

My socket is attached to the dash-board of a carriage in the usual manner.

The object of my invention is to securely fasten a whip when the owner wishes to leave his carriage, and it is not convenient for him to take the whip with him.

The socket A is composed of metal in the usual cylindrical fifl'll], made in halves and fastened together with screws or rivets, 01' any other proper mechanical device. The top B and the bottom 0, are fitted to the cyl inder A, and hold thehalves together.

Fig. 1 shows the vertical bolt D, the oblique-sliding forked lever-catch E, and the horizontal-sliding bolt and spring F, as they appear when the whip is in the socket and not required to be locked fast, and which allows the usual free useof the whip when travelling.

Fig. 2 describes the position of the vertical bolt D, the forked lever E, sliding bolt F, when the whip is I securely fastened in the socket. correct description thereof, reference being had to the The operation of my whip-socket is as follows Place the whip in the cylinder A, then press down the vertical bolt D, and the point of the bevelled end of the bolt F catches in the ratchet-serrations of the vertical bolt D, and-holds it down at the same time the oblique lever E shoots forward, and the forked end embraces the but of the whip, so that it cannot be withdrawn until the key relieves the point of the bolt F from the serrations of the vertical bolt D, which will then suddenly fly up by the force of the spiral spring-G, and the oblique lever E withdraws from the but of the whip, and leaves the interior of the socket free and clear for the whip to be taken out as shown in fig. 1. 1

My safety whip-socket will be found very useful in all cases where persons travelling wish to stop at public, meetings, fairs, and other places where it is very in: convenient to take the whip with them, and this invention will prevent pilferlng by petty thieves.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combined arrangement of the vertical serrated rod D, the oblique-lever E, sliding bolt and spring F, and spiral spring G, in the manner and for the purpose substantially as herein-described.

' GEO. ,H. GREGORY.

Witnesses W. VINE, *W. Summon. 

